According to the Virginia Bar and in a filing that she agreed with, Monica Goodling committed “a criminal or deliberately wrongful act” that reflected badly on her “honesty, trustworthiness or fitness to practice law.” Monica Marie Goodling, the key figure in the controversy about the political hiring and firing of U.S. Attorneys during the Bush [...]

The Bush Administration has known well how to avoid punishment for Hatch Act violations: simply to have those who commit those violations to quit. Therefore, it should be no surprise that Mukasey has announced Goodling and her friends will avoid any charges for their violations.

The attorneys who spread the rumor that Margaret Chiara and Leslie Hagen were having an inappropriate gay relationship got moved to jobs in DC.

It sure looks like they created positions solely to make it easy for Monica Goodling to politicize hiring in DOJ.

Apparently, Monica Goodling believes Democrats are more dangerous than terrorists. And George Bush doesn’t seem to care.

The DOJ IG’s “Monica Goodling” report documents what we already knew: Monica Goodling illegal politicized hiring in DOJ.

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